Accadde oggi — 7 ottobre

Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (died 1536)

Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (died 1553)

William Laud, English archbishop and academic (died 1645)

John Marston, English poet and playwright (died 1634)

Isaac Massa, Dutch diplomat (died 1643)

Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (died 1631)

Pierre Le Muet, French architect (died 1669)

Captain John Underhill, English settler and soldier (died 1672)

Roger de Piles, French painter (died 1709)

Granville Elliott, English general (died 1759)

Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (died 1784)

Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (died 1819)

William Billings, American composer and educator (died 1800)

Charles XIII of Sweden (died 1818)

Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (died 1846)

Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 1871)

Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (died 1875)

Mills Darden, one of the largest men ever in human history (died 1857)

Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot (died 1905)

Richard H. Anderson, American general (died 1879)

Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (died 1918)

Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (died 1913)

Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (died 1911)

Nicholas I of Montenegro (died 1921)

James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (died 1916)

Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (died 1936)

Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1942)

Uncle Dave Macon, American old-time country banjo player, singer-songwriter, and comedian (died 1952)

Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (died 1934)

Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (died 1915)

Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (died 1918)

Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (died 1927)

Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1962)

Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1948)

Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (died 1961)

Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (died 1965)

Edna Meade Colson, American educator and activist (died 1985)

Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1968)

Dwain Esper, American director and producer (died 1982)

Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (died 1979)

Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (died 1980)

Paulino Alcántara, Spanish Filipino football player and manager (died 1964)

Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (died 1975)

Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (died 1947)

Heinrich Himmler, Nazi politician, head of the SS and senior official responsible for the Holocaust (died 1945)

Frank Boucher, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (died 1977)

Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (died 1968)

Chuck Klein, American baseball player (died 1958)

Andy Devine, American actor (died 1977)

Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (died 1985)

Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (died 1990)

Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (died 1995)

Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (died 1983)

Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1986)

Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (died 1973)

Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, President of Peru (died 2002)

Peter Walker, English race car driver (died 1984)

Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (died 1987)

Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (died 1949)

Begum Akhtar, Indian actress (died 1974)

Sarah Churchill, English actress (died 1982)

Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (died 1992)

Herman Keiser, American golfer (died 2003)

June Allyson, American actress (died 2006)

Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (died 2015)

Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (died 2006)

Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (died 2011)

Georges Duby, French historian and author (died 1996)

Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)

Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (died 1998)

Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (died 2004)

Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2013)

William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (died 2015)

Irma Grese, German SS officer (died 1945)

Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (died 2012)

Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (died 2002)

Alex Groza, American basketball player (died 1995)

Al Martino, American singer and actor (died 2009)

R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (died 1989)

Demetrio González, Spanish-Mexican film actor and singer (died 2015)

José Messias, Brazilian composer, singer, writer, host and critic (died 2015)

Ali Kafi, Algerian politician (died 2013)

Lorna Wing, English autism researcher (died 2014)

Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation (died 2021)

Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (died 2017)

Robert Westall, English journalist and author (died 1993)

Curtis Crider, American race car driver (died 2012)

Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (died 2004)

Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (died 2014)

R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (died 2003)

Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (died 2013)

Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (died 2012)

Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (died 2014)

Ulrike Meinhof, German left-wing militant, co-founder of the Red Army Faction, journalist (died 1976)

Willie Naulls, American basketball player (died 2018)

Julian Thompson, English general and historian

Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist

Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)

Christopher Booker, English journalist and author (died 2019)

Chet Powers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1994)

Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician

Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director

Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster

John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author

Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic (died 2019)

Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)

Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal (died 2021)

Bill Snyder, American football player and coach

Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality

José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach

Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author

Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1979)

Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong

Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director

David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic

John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach

Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author

Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee

Jill Larson, American actress

Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist

John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author

Stephen Rucker, American composer

Dave Hope, American bass player and priest

Dick Jauron, American football player and coach (died 2025)

Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania

Enki Bilal, French comic book creator, comics artist and film director

John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Mary Badham, American actress

Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia

Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)

Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer

Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (died 2014)

Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor

Tico Torres, American drummer

Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author

Bill Henson, Australian photographer

Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator

Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player

Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (died 2013)

Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician

Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor

Jayne Torvill, English figure skater

Dylan Baker, American actor

Simon Cowell, English businessman and record producer

Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician

Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician

Brazo de Oro, Mexican wrestler (died 2017)

Kevin Boyle, American historian and author

Brian Mannix, Australian singer-songwriter

Tony Sparano, American football player and coach (died 2018)

Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary

Micky Flanagan, English comedian

William Johnson, German-English cricketer

Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer

Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer

Paul Stewart, English footballer

Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver

Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress

Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker

Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor

Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (died 2012)

Michelle Alexander, American law professor, author and activist

Peter Baker, English golfer

Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

María Corina Machado, Venezuelan Nobel Prize Laureate

Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Bobbie Brown, American model and actress

Malia Hosaka, American wrestler

Nicole Ari Parker, American actress

Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor

Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player

Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Dida, Brazilian footballer

Priest Holmes, American football player

Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager

Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia

Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder

Allison Munn, American actress

Ruslan Nigmatullin, Russian footballer

Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer

Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer

Rhyno, American wrestler

Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer

Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter

Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer

Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager

Charles Woodson, American football player

Antoine Revoy, French comics writer and illustrator

Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator

Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer

Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer

Omar Benson Miller, American actor

Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast

Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor

Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor

Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer

Jermain Defoe, English footballer

Robby Ginepri, American tennis player

Jake McLaughlin, American actor

Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Li Yundi, Chinese pianist

Archie Bland, English journalist and author

Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer

Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer

Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player

Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer

Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer

Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer

Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician

Evan Longoria, American baseball player

Chase Daniel, American football player

Lee Nguyen, American soccer player

Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer

Bree Olson, American actress, model, and former pornographic actress

A. J. Price, American basketball player

Holland Roden, American actress

Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer

Amber Stevens West, American actress

Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer

Alex Cobb, American baseball player

Aiden English, American wrestler

Damion James, American basketball player

Sam Querrey, American tennis player

Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer

Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player

Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer

Oscar Fantenberg, Swedish ice hockey player

Mike Foltynewicz, American baseball player

Nicole Jung, American singer

Lay Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor

Mookie Betts, American baseball player

Nic Stauskas, Canadian basketball player

Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional footballer

Mathias Dyngeland, Norwegian footballer

Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer

Bram van Vlerken, Dutch professional football player

Lewis Capaldi, Scottish singer-songwriter

Choi Jeong, South Korean Go player

Guglielmo Vicario, Italian footballer

Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer

Nicole Maines, American actress, writer, and activist

Trent Alexander-Arnold, English footballer

Ryan Trahan, American YouTuber

Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Turkish footballer

Princess Senate Seeiso, Princess of Lesotho

Joaquín Panichelli, Argentine footballer